Tuesday, Jan. 30, 2007 10:22 a.m. EST
.CBS News and Sports President Sean McManus says that gender bias may play a role in the disappointing ratings Katie Couric has been getting on "CBS Evening News.”
"I think it is a fact there are probably people, both men and women, who are perhaps uncomfortable having a woman anchor the news,” McManus told the media industry publication Broadcasting & Cable. "The way she is scrutinized, I think sometimes unfairly, quite frankly, I think a lot of that has to do with gender.”
McManus maintained that as a woman, Couric has to be concerned about "a lot of things the male anchor doesn’t have to worry about, like how she looks or what she is wearing.”Comment: Perhaps if Ms. Couric and her CBS handlers were more concerned about the integrity and quality of their news reporting than the Today's former co-host's wardrobe and hair style, her ratings wouldn't be so poor.
I wonder if Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton struggles with the same challenges. But when she loses, liberals will be able to blame "gender bias" rather than the former First Lady's anti-American, repulsive far-left views for her electoral failure.
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